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The film is well-outfitted with telling, thematically rich shards of historical information.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
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The Hollywood Reporter by Beandrea July
Good Trouble is more symbolic than it is eye-opening, and that’s not necessarily a problem. It’s the film equivalent of a textbook, telling us everything we want to hear about Lewis — even though most of it we already know — and arriving at a moment when reflecting upon America’s long history of racism is more relevant than ever.
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The Playlist by Chris Barsanti
At its best, John Lewis: Good Trouble is a portrait in courage that pairs the past with the present.
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Lewis was fighting for America’s future long before any recent conflicts, and the documentary makes a welcome case for keeping hope alive.
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John Lewis: Good Trouble isn’t a great film, but it has a great subject — and excellent timing.
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John Lewis: Good Trouble shows us an activist and an effective politician — as well as a powerful and passionate public speaker — who has devoted his life to public service, often putting himself at risk to defend basic human rights.
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The man is certainly worthy of this kind of celebration, and it’s hard to imagine that anybody who watches the movie won’t agree with Ava DuVernay’s push to rename that bridge.
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A detailed yet paint-by-numbers study of the living legend who believes in the necessity of making good trouble as an instigator of societal change.
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The A.V. Club by Vikram Murthi
The result is an uneven paean to a man who deserves a more complicated portrait.